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August 18, 2009 12:00 AM EDT
A list of 19 songs by the Beatles including classics "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "A Hard Day's Night" for a new "Rock Band" video game were revealed Tuesday, leaving only one mystery title remaining. Othe ...

August 14, 2009 12:00 AM EDT
U.S. video game equipment and software sales fell 29% in July to $848.9 million, research group NPD said, as the gaming industry limps through the economic downturn. Hardware sales fell 37% from a year ago, while software sales slid 26%, NPD said. ...

August 04, 2009 12:00 AM EDT
U.K. dance act the Prodigy's latest video premieres this afternoon on the Playstation 3 VidZone platform. "Take me to the Hospital," the third single to be lifted from the Prodigy's European No. 1 album "Invaders Must Die& ...

May 14, 2009 12:00 AM EDT
Sony Corp reported a second straight quarterly loss hurt by a firmer yen, sluggish sales and restructuring costs, and it projected another year of red ink during which it will close eight factories worldwide. Consumer electronics makers around the ...

April 10, 2009 12:00 AM EDT
Axl Rose may have spent 15 years fine tuning the 14 tracks on "Chinese Democracy," but it only took five months for the entire album to make its way into the "Rock Band" video game franchise. "Chinese Democracy" will ...

March 05, 2009 12:00 AM EST
The Beatles will finally go digital on Sept. 9 with the release of the Fab Four edition of the popular "Rock Band" video game. In a joint statement Thursday (March 5), the Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd., Harmonic and MTV Games said that ...

February 03, 2009 12:00 AM EST
Sony Computer Entertainment, EMI Music, EMI Music Publishing and Queen's management have joined forces to create "SingStar Queen," the latest artist-specific game in Sony's karaoke series "SingStar." The game will be ...

January 29, 2009 12:00 AM EST
Sony Corp swung to a quarterly operating loss and reiterated a forecast for its first annual loss in 14 years, battered by a firmer yen and weaker demand while highlighting deepening woes at the electronics conglomerate. The loss announcement was ...

September 10, 2008 12:00 AM EDT
ABBA will feature in a dedicated version of Sony's karaoke computer game “SingStar,” to be released in time for the holiday season. "SingStar ABBA" -- the first edition of the game dedicated to a single artist -- is slated for relea ...

May 19, 2008 12:00 AM EDT
The world-renowned, 50-year-old female choir, Mystery of Bulgarian Voices is featured in the "Alone in the Dark" Atari videogame soundtrack CD, the first ever for leading film soundtrack label Milan Records. Due in stores and available d ...

April 29, 2008 12:00 AM EDT
Nu-metal rockers Korn and French game publisher Ubisoft's upcoming video game Haze are asking fans to submit videos expressing how Korn has changed their life. Users will be able to use Korn's song "Haze", which was written for ...

February 15, 2008 12:00 AM EST
Activision Inc on Friday unveiled a new "Guitar Hero" video game focusing on the rock band Aerosmith, taking the billion-dollar franchise in a new direction. Called "Guitar Hero: Aerosmith," the new game will arrive in stores t ...

January 25, 2008 12:00 AM EST
The Australian computer games market passed the $1 billion Australian ($878 million) sales mark in 2007. Figures released by the Interactive Entertainment Association of Australia (IEAA) show that games hardware/software sales hit $1.3 billion Aus ...

January 07, 2008 12:00 AM EST
Toshiba Corp. executives had a tough moment Sunday, when they had to face reporters just two days after its HD DVD movie disc format was dealt a potentially fatal blow by the defection of Warner Bros. Entertainment to a rival technology. "It& ...

November 08, 2007 12:00 AM EST
Songs from Velvet Revolver and The Foo Fighters will be the first new tracks available to download as playable songs for the "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock" videogame. The songs will be available in a bundle of three, called "tra ...

August 17, 2007 12:00 AM EDT
MTV Networks plans to invest well over $500 million in videogames, seeing the red-hot entertainment category as a major pillar of growth in its goal to reach consumers wherever they spend time. The two-year investment is part of a global strategy ...

June 05, 2007 12:00 AM EDT
A DJ Z-Trip-produced soundtrack with all original tracks, remixes and mash-ups highlights the new Take-Two/2K Sports "All-Pro Football 2K8" video game due in July for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Cross-marketing includes a 2K Sports/Decon ...

May 21, 2007 12:00 AM EDT
If you want to watch high-definition versions of the latest James Bond film or Destiny's Child live onstage, you've got to get them on Blu-ray. And as the next-generation format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD continues to heat up, such e ...

April 03, 2007 12:00 AM EDT
Apple Inc.'s decision to sell DRM-free downloads from EMI and indie labels in the AAC format rather than the MP3 format is creating new strategic opportunities for both rival device manufacturers and digital retailers. Come May when iTunes la ...

April 02, 2007 12:00 AM EDT
The developers behind hit interactive game "Guitar Hero" are launching a new franchise called "Rock Band" that targets virtual singers, bass players and drummers, as well as axemen. The game was created by Harmonix, a unit of V ...

January 09, 2007 12:00 AM EST
Supporters of the two rival next-generation disc formats are slugging it out this week at the Consumer Electronics Show, with HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc predicting victory in the quest for a unified high-definition standard. HD DVD is banking its pre ...

September 06, 2006 12:00 AM EDT
Lost $5.9 million in the first quarter. The Handleman Co posted a deeper loss in the first quarter of this year compared to last, with plummeting music sales cited as the key reason for the weak performance. Overall, the Troy, Mich.-based wholesal ...

September 06, 2006 12:00 AM EDT
Lost $5.9 million in the first quarter. The Handleman Co posted a deeper loss in the first quarter of this year compared to last, with plummeting music sales cited as the key reason for the weak performance. Overall, the Troy, Mich.-based wholesal ...

March 22, 2006 12:00 AM EST
Warner Home Video pushed its initial slate of titles. It's official: When the first HD-DVD players, from Toshiba, begin arriving in stores this month, there won't be any software for at least another three weeks. Warner Home Video said M ...

October 03, 2005 12:00 AM EDT
Becomes first studio to back both formats. Paramount Home Entertainment will be supporting next generation format Blu-ray as well as rival format HD DVD. Paramount announced its backing of the Toshiba-led HD DVD last November, along with Warner Ho ...

June 21, 2005 12:00 AM EDT
The war between Blu-ray and HD-DVD to be the standard high-definition optical disc is going strong. (The Hollywood Reporter) -- The war between Blu-ray and HD-DVD to be the standard high-definition optical disc is going strong. Recently, these bat ...